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LiveJournal XSS Security Challenge

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-game-worth-playing dept.

Jamesday writes "LiveJournal is offering a free permanent account and possibly other prizes to those who find new vulnerabilities in its XSS Security Challenge. LiveJournal has recently been attacked via a Firefox XSS exploit."

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  1. I have no time for this by Steev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe if the prize was something useful, I might be interested. I have my hands full exploiting MySpace.

  2. possible other prizes by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    LiveJournal is offering a free permanent account and possibly other prizes

    Rumours are the other prizes include books on forming lasting interpersonal relationships, 7-day trips to Club Med, and the book 'Romance for Dummies.'

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    1. Re:possible other prizes by Provocateur · · Score: 2, Funny

      The fine print:

      7-day trips to Club Med

      Actually, 7-day trips for two to Club Med, but in the event that you're going alone, doing the Han Solo thing, that'll be a 14-day trip for one. With a fully loaded mini-bar in your room if you ever get tired of 'shaking hands with the wookie'.
       

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    2. Re:possible other prizes by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Rumours are the other prizes include books on forming lasting interpersonal relationships, 7-day trips to Club Med, and the book 'Romance for Dummies.'

      Y'know, those that live in Slash houses shouldn't cast stones...

  3. OOOh! A shiny thing! by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    A free LiveJournal account? Boy, my friends on MySpace will be so jealous!

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  4. hacker demographic? by revery · · Score: 4, Funny

    Teenage, earth-loving, wiccan hackers unite!

    the above comment is an unfair stereotype and should be viewed with extreme suspicion

  5. Excellent idea by tdvaughan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Prize for proving that a product is insecure and poorly designed: the product itself!

  6. TRANSLATION: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We're too incompetent and lazy to fix our own stuff. Why don't you do it for us, and for cheap/free?"

  7. Re:Free "lifetime" account* by aug24 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...then they kill you?!

    Sheesh, these guys are much tougher than I thought. At least I only get bad karma here.

    Justin.

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  8. Somebody please pull a Tyler Durden on livejournal by British · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turn ALL friends-only and private entries public, so everyone can see them. Thus rendering the "piggybackers*" obsolete, all the knives in each others backs will be totally revealed. Know those negative things you said in private about your boyfriend that he didn't know about? He would know now. ...and watch armageddon happen with a bunch of moody 19 year olds. :)

  9. Re:Somebody please pull a Tyler Durden on livejour by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the LJ world, we call that an "Angst-Bomb"

    Last time one of those went off, LiveJournal's servers melted down, the attempted suicides rate spiked for a week, low lying areas were flooded from the deluge of tears....

    I could go on, but I think you get the idea.

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